Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

No new bids for the Derby railroad yester
day.
1t is established that during the last eight
cen months the strikes in various parts of
the country have cost workingmen at least
$40, 900, 900.
The throwing out of court of the claim of
the American Townsleys to great estates
near Liverpool and other English cities
ought to be instructive.
The agitation concerning taxation in New
York city has had some effect. The assess
ment of personal property there has been in
creased this year more than $4,000, 900 by
the tax commissioners.
The Willimantic Journal would like to see
Mayor Bulkeley of Hartford go out of Office
Sin blaze of glory'' into the governors
chair. He has made a good mayor and
| would make good governor.
The recent utterances of DR.. McGlynn do
not strengthen his ease, and they indicate
| that he is lacking in good judgment. He
will probably be very sorry for them when
he comes out of his delusion.
The curious suggestion is made in Texas
that change be made in paying members of
the legislature, whereby each county or dis
trict may pay its own legislator such sum,
within prescribed limits, as the county COM
missioners other authority may award af
ter the session is ended.
The oleomargarine fraud is by no means
confined to this country. The importation
of oleomargarine last year into England from
Holland alone amounted to SO, ,395, ZOO
pounds or more than half the quantity of
butter imported into England from all coun-
tries. A great deal of this oleomargarine
was sold as butter.
Paper doors are coming into use, and as
compared with those of wood, possess the
advantage of neither shrinking, swelling,
cracking, or warping. It is formed of two
thick paper boards, stamped and moulded
into panels, and glazed together with glue
and potash, and then rolled through heavy
rollings. After being covered with a water
proof coating and then with one that is fire.
proof, it is painted and hung in the usual
way.
The annual protest against the toy pistol
has begun. DIR. John Homans, surgeon of
the Massachusetts, general hospital, gives a
forcible warning He now has under his
care two boys whose hands have been injur-
ed by toy pistols, and four years ago he had
five cases, all of which terminated fatally
with lockjaw. The wounds are generally
produced by the cartridge exploding in the
hand, either by coming back through the
breech, or in some other way. The toy pis-
tol ought to be abolished, but we fear it will
not be, as long as boys are boys, and parents
are foolishly indulgent.
The new act in the Stste of Massachusetts,
in regard to the attendance of children upoa
licensed places of amusements is as follows,
as just published: Whoever, by himself or
his servant or agent, admits any child under
the age of thirteen years to any licensed
public show or place of amusement, unless
said child is accompanied by some person
above the age of twenty-one years, shall, on
complaint of a parent or guardian of said
child, or of the chief of police, or truant
officer of the city or town where said child
NA~ASS~1
ceeding $780, but this shall not apply to
shows and amusements which take place be-
fore sunset.
The Rev. John Jasper says he has preached
his famous "Sun do move' sermon about
hundred times. ct preached it first" he
says, Gin 1878. Since then have had offers
from all over this country and from London,
Paris and other places to go and preach it;
but I refused 'em cause I didn't think it
| would be right to leave my people. One man
offered me $400 to go to London to preach
| the sermon. He even said he would pay me
| the money first, and that wouldn't have to
walk step between here and Europe. and
| would't have to walk step after got
| there" He is now very old. but hale and
| vigorous. "Soon after I first delivered this
sermon in Richmond, )" he says, sI went to
Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, and
when came back great revival was going
on, and one day baptised 301 people with
out coming out of the water. That laid me
| up for awhile. Never had but three attacks